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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian ծիր (cir).
Pronunciation
Noun
ծիր • (cir)
- circumference, circle
- line
- Synonym: գիծ (gic)
- edge, end
- Synonym: ծայր (cayr)
- (astronomy) orbit
- Synonym: ուղեծիր (uġecir)
- (dialectal) furrow
- Synonym: ակոս (akos)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 459ab
Old Armenian
Etymology 1
A Georgian-Zan borrowing: compare Georgian წირი (c̣iri, “line”), წრე (c̣re, “circle”), წერა (c̣era, “to write”) and see the latter for more.
Noun
ծիր • (cir)
- circle, circumference; round, circuit; outline, border
- ծիր արտեւանանց ― cir artewanancʻ ― edge of eyelids
- ծիր անուոց ― cir anuocʻ ― wheel-track; rut
- ծիր հանդերձից ― cir handerjicʻ ― skirt, border, piping
- ծիրք ― cirkʻ ― the tropics
- ծիր գնտոյ ― cir gntoy ― colure
- ծիր տեսութեան ― cir tesutʻean ― horizon
- ծիրք աստեղաց ― cirkʻ astełacʻ ― chorus of the stars
- ծիր կաթին ― cir katʻin ― galaxy, the Milky Way
- ծիր խաւարման ― cir xawarman ― ecliptic
- ծիր գիշերահաւասարի ― cir gišerahawasari ― equinoctial
- ծիր ածել ― cir acel ― to gird, to surround
- ընդ ծիրս եզերաց ― ənd cirs ezeracʻ ― throughout the world
- որ ոչ ընդ ծրաւ անկանի ― or očʻ ənd craw ankani ― unbounded, infinite
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ծիր (cir)
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ծիրք (cirkʻ)
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| genitive
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ծրոյ (croy)
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ծրոց (crocʻ)
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| dative
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ծրոյ (croy)
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ծրոց (crocʻ)
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| accusative
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ծիր (cir)
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ծիրս (cirs)
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| ablative
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ծրոյ (croy)
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ծրոց (crocʻ)
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| instrumental
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ծրով (crov)
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ծրովք (crovkʻ)
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| locative
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ծիր (cir)
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ծիրս (cirs)
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| Some manuscripts have an instrumental ծրաւ (craw). Moreover, Nor Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean Lezui claims an alternative genitive ծրի (cri).
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Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 459ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծիր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 363ab
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Etymology 2
Adjective
ծիր • (cir)
- Misspelling of ցիր (cʻir).